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Section 98 — "Transfer" and "revocable transfer" defined

Income-tax Act, 2025 (amended upto 2026)
In plain terms: This section defines "transfer" (it includes any settlement, trust, covenant, agreement or arrangement) and when a transfer is "revocable" (for example if it lets the transferor take back the assets or income or regain power over them) for sections 96 and 97.

For the purposes of sections 96 and 97, and this section,--

(a) "transfer" includes any settlement, trust, covenant, agreement or arrangement;

(b) a transfer shall be deemed to be revocable, if--

(i) it contains any provision for the direct or indirect re-transfer of the whole or any part of the income or assets to the transferor; or

(ii) it, in any way, gives the transferor a right to re-assume power directly or indirectly over the whole or any part of the income or assets.

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